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| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1981 | Title: | Cleveland Society Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Society | | | | Dates: | 1931-1978 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Society was founded in 1923 and composed of American businessmen and professionals of Polish descent in the Cleveland, Ohio, area who promoted citizenship and fostered the language, traditions and culture of Poland. The group was a spin-off organization of the Polish National Alliance. In addition to sponsoring an annual debutante ball, the membership raised money for Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights, Ohio. The collection consists of a constitution, membership roster, minutes, correspondence, programs, newsletters, and newspaper clippings. The collection is relevant to the study of an elite ethnic social club that tried to assimilate some of the characteristics of upper class American society while simultaneously retaining their cultural identity. | | | | Call #: | MS 4392 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Society -- Archives. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1984 | Title: | William Mumford Gregory Papers
| | | | Creator: | Gregory, William Mumford | | | | Dates: | 1901-1967 | | | | Abstract: | William Mumford Gregory (1876-1974) was a Michigan native who became a high school teacher and lecturer on economic geography in Cleveland, Ohio. He did extensive geological research on the areas around Lake Erie, both in Ohio and Michigan. The collection consists of geological writings, correspondence, charts, and maps detailing Gregory's research findings. The collection is valuable to the study of the geology of Lake Huron, Saginaw Bay, and Michigan. | | | | Call #: | MS 4395 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Gregory, William Mumford, 1876-1974. | Geology -- Huron, Lake. | Geology -- Michigan. | Huron, Lake. | Saginaw Bay (Mich.)
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1985 | Title: | Richard L. Maher Papers
| | | | Creator: | Maher, Richard L. | | | | Dates: | 1937-1970 | | | | Abstract: | Richard L. Maher (1903-1972) was a political editor for the Cleveland Press for over 40 years, covering local, state and national government. After working for the Cleveland News, Maher joined the Cleveland Press in 1928, became assistant city editor in 1929, and politics editor in 1932. He was active in Catholic Charities and helped found St. Raphael Parish in Bay Village, Ohio. He co-authored two books with Robert S. Allen, Our Fair City, and, Our Sovereign State. The collection consists of correspondence, programs, speeches, notes on columns, and newspaper clippings. The collection is useful to the study of Maher's life and interest in government and the attitudes exhibited in the Cleveland Press concerning political issues and their coverage. | | | | Call #: | MS 4396 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Maher, Richard L., 1903-1972. | Cleveland Press. | Journalism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | American newspapers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Sections, columns, etc. | Government and the press -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Press and politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1986 | Title: | Franklin Jeremiah Drake Papers
| | | | Creator: | Drake, Franklin Jeremiah | | | | Dates: | 1890-1929 | | | | Abstract: | Franklin Jeremiah Drake (1846-1929) was a United States naval officer who served fifty-two years in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a rear admiral. He engineered the first survey of the Isthmus of Panama for the Panama Canal in 1896 and assisted in charting the Bering Sea after the U.S. acquired Alaska from Russia. At one time he served on the U.S.S. Constitution, "Old Ironsides". The collection consists of biographical sketch, correspondence, certificates of membership in various organizations, a speech given at a G.A.R meeting, notes from a cruise of the Pacific Ocean, including a journal kept by Mrs. Drake, some military papers, newspaper clippings, and some diplomas of Nellie Pierson, whose connection to Drake has not been established. | | | | Call #: | MS 4397 | | | | Extent: | 0.21 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Drake, Franklin Jeremiah, 1846-1929. | United States. Navy -- Biography. | Ocean travel
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1988 | Title: | Peter Musser Papers
| | | | Creator: | Musser, Peter | | | | Dates: | 1787-1918 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Musser (ca. 1782-1852) was an officer in the War of 1812 who moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, from Frederick County, Maryland. In the 1820s he moved his family to Trumbull County, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, legal agreements, deeds, indentures and miscellaneous items, such as a marriage agreement, land grant, and an invitation to the funeral of James Peter Mercer (Musser), the son of Peter Musser. The collection pertains to the Musser family and other early settlers of Columbiana and Trumbull counties, Ohio. Many of the deeds and agreements are in the collection because Peter Musser witnessed them. An inventory included in the collection lists all the names from these documents. Also included is a Civil War letter written to James Banning of the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry. | | | | Call #: | MS 4399 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Musser family. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Frontier and pioneer life -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Pioneers -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Deeds -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Columbiana County. | Real property -- Ohio -- Trumbull County. | Columbiana County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. | Trumbull County (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1989 | Title: | Cleveland Bar Association Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Bar Association | | | | Dates: | 1956 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Bar Association was founded in 1873 in Cleveland, Ohio, to establish and enforce standards of conduct for members of the legal profession and to promote legal and judicial reform. The Cleveland Bar Association was instrumental in the formation of the Ohio State and American Bar Associations. The collection consists of an entry form for the Right to Counsel Award and includes statements, correspondence and newspaper clippings explaining the Bar's action in defending nine indigent communist defendants in the Ohio Smith Act trial in 1956. | | | | Call #: | MS 4400 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Bar Association -- Archives. | Right to counsel -- United States. | Defense (Criminal procedure) -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1990 | Title: | Charles Nelson Landon Papers
| | | | Creator: | Landon, Charles Nelson | | | | Dates: | 1914-1922 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Nelson Landon was a Cleveland, Ohio, cartoonist during the 1910s and 1920s who conducted the Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning. The collection consists of copies of Landon's instructional booklets, "The Landon Course on Illustrating", and examples of his drawings. The collection is useful for those interested in the career of Landon and serves as an example of American humor during this period, especially political humor. | | | | Call #: | MS 4401 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Landon, C. N. (Charles Nelson), 1879-1937. | Caricatures and cartoons. | Cartooning -- Study and teaching. | Drawing -- Study and teaching.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1991 | Title: | Peter M. Hitchcock Papers
| | | | Creator: | Hitchcock, Peter M. | | | | Dates: | 1885-1893 | | | | Abstract: | Peter M. Hitchcock (1839?-1906) was a Cleveland, Ohio, attorney who lived at 861 Prospect Avenue. The collection consists of correspondence, dividend notes, postcards, mortgage papers, and materials relating to purchase, sale and rental of properties. The collection is relevant to the study of realty transactions in the late 19th century. | | | | Call #: | MS 4402 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Hitchcock, Peter M. (Peter Marshall), 1839-1906. | Real property -- Ohio.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1992 | Title: | Cora Talcott Huling Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Huling, Cora Talcott Family | | | | Dates: | 1940-1963 | | | | Abstract: | Cora Talcott Huling (d. ca. 1962) collected genealogical information on various branches of her family, including members of the Gilmour, Reed, Thompson, Walker, Bainbridge, May, and Simpson families. The collection consists of genealogical notebooks, files, and charts, correspondence and clippings on the Gilmour, Reed, Thompson, Walker, Bainbridge, May and Simpson families. | | | | Call #: | MS 4403 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Huling, Cora Talcott. | Gilmore family. | Reed family. | Thompson family. | Walker family. | Bainbridge family. | May family. | Simpson family. | United States -- Genealogy.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1993 | Title: | Herbert W. Dosey Papers
| | | | Creator: | Dosey, Herbert W. | | | | Dates: | 1938-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Herbert W. Dosey was the chairman of the board of the Great Lakes Historical Society. Over the years Mr. Dosey held various jobs with railroad, canal and boating companies. The collection includes correspondence, articles authored by Dosey, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to Dosey's interest in model railroads. The collection includes some material on Ohio canals. | | | | Call #: | MS 4404 | | | | Extent: | 0.11 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Dosey, Herbert W., ca. 1895-1977. | Canals -- Ohio. | Railroads -- Models.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1994 | Title: | Charles Yarham Papers
| | | | Creator: | Yarham, Charles | | | | Dates: | 1917-1968 | | | | Abstract: | Charles Yarham was affiliated with the Fairmount Tool and Forging Company of Cleveland, Ohio. He was also involved in the local Republican Party. The collection consists of correspondence, financial records, memoranda, membership cards, and newspaper clippings dealing with the forge strikes in Cleveland during World War I. The collection relates primarily to the Cleveland forge strikes of 1917, with some additional material on local Republican Party activities during the 1960s. | | | | Call #: | MS 4405 | | | | Extent: | 0.10 linear feet (1 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Yarham, Charles, 1889-1985. | Fairmount Tool and Forging Company. | Republican Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | Forging industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Strikes and lockouts -- Forging industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1995 | Title: | Chester Jablonoski Papers
| | | | Creator: | Jablonoski, Chester | | | | Dates: | 1947-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Chester Jablonoski was a Cleveland, Ohio, area physician who helped to found Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. The collection consists of Jablonoski's medical writings, correspondence, lists of staff members at hospitals, publications, notices of events, membership cards, and newspaper clippings. The collection pertains primarily to Jablonoski's medical career at Marymount Hospital. The collection may also be useful to those interested in Polish Americans in the Cleveland. | | | | Call #: | MS 4406 | | | | Extent: | 0.41 linear feet (1 container and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jablonoski, Chester, 1905-1975. | Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights, Ohio) | Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Physicians -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Polish Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1996 | Title: | Frank R. Borchert, Jr. Papers
| | | | Creator: | Borchert, Frank R. | | | | Dates: | 1970-1977 | | | | Abstract: | Frank R. Borchert, Jr., was the University Vice-President for Budgets and Planning at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Borchert was chairman of the board of trustees for Cathedral Latin High School, a member of the board of trustees of the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, and president of Alta Social Settlement in Cleveland's Little Italy area. The collection consists of board of trustee minutes, correspondence, memoranda, financial papers, reports, and publications of Alta Social Settlement, Cathedral Latin, and the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association. The collection provides an understanding of the operations, and especially the financial difficulties, of Alta Social Settlement, the Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association, and Cathedral Latin High School. | | | | Call #: | MS 4407 | | | | Extent: | 0.80 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Borchert, Frank R., 1936- | Alta Social Settlement. | Cathedral Latin High School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Greater Cleveland Neighborhood Centers Association.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1997 | Title: | George W. Beadle Papers
| | | | Creator: | Beadle, George W. | | | | Dates: | 1863-1890 | | | | Abstract: | George W. Beadle was an American Civil War soldier who served in the 10th Regiment of Ohio Infantry, and later, in the 18th Independent Battery of Ohio Light Artillery. After the war he settled in Plainwell, Michigan. The collection consists of correspondence, Civil War military records, a certificate designating Beadle as a notary public, copies of Bible lessons, and a receipt. The collection pertains primarily to the Civil War experiences of Beadle and his wife, Rachel Smith, and includes correspondence which reflects the effects of the war on the personal lives of the soldiers and their families. In addition there is some information on Beadle's military units. | | | | Call #: | MS 4408 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Beadle, George W., b. 1841. | United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861) | United States. Army. Ohio Light Artillery. Independent Battery, 18th (1862-1865) | Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1998 | Title: | Seniors of Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Seniors of Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1970-1975 | | | | Abstract: | Seniors of Ohio was an organization in Cleveland, Ohio, devoted to assisting the elderly, especially low-income elders, keeping them informed of national and local issues and promoting their concerns, particularly in respect to housing, transportation, security, legal counsel, and nutrition. The collection consists of correspondence and reports relating to various committees and councils organized to benefit Ohio's senior citizens. The records pertain to the efforts to aid low-income elderly in the Greater Cleveland area, particularly the nutrition program directed by Russell Davis as a means of implementing the Federal Nutrition Program for the Elderly. | | | | Call #: | MS 4409 | | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Seniors of Ohio -- Archives. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area. | Aged -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area -- Nutrition. | Aged -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland Metropolitan Area.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1999 | Title: | Annie Robinson Papers
| | | | Creator: | Robinson, Annie | | | | Dates: | 1914-1951 | | | | Abstract: | Annie Robinson was the principal of the Case-Woodland Training School, an elementary school and branch of the Cleveland Normal Training School in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, and memorabilia relating to Annie Robinson's career as an elementary school principal at the Case-Woodland Training School. Included are a Cleveland Normal school catalog, 1914-1915, and a yearbook, 1916, and a Cleveland School of Education notebook, 1918. | | | | Call #: | MS 4410 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Robinson, Annie, 1857-1951. | Case-Woodland Training School (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleveland Normal Training School. | Cleveland School of Education. | Education, Elementary -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. | Teachers -- Training of -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. | Elementary school principals -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2000 | Title: | John Spence Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Spence, John Family | | | | Dates: | 1866-1968 | | | | Abstract: | John Spence immigrated from England in the mid-nineteenth century and worked as a stone contractor. John M. Spence was the first mayor of Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1904-1907), served eighteen years on the Cleveland Heights Board of Education and was active in the state Republican Party executive committee. Along with his three brothers he operated Spence Brothers Construction Company. His nephew, Stanley L. Orr served with Troop A Cavalry Regiment in the Texas-Mexican border dispute of 1916-1917 and was a judge and chairman of the Cleveland Chapter of the Red Cross during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial records, and a scrapbook. The collection illustrates the activities of Troop A during the Southwest Expedition, 1916-1917, the business activities of John Spence in the late nineteenth century, and the growth and development of the Spence Brothers Construction Company. | | | | Call #: | MS 4411 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (12 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Spence family. | Ohio. National Guard. Cavalry Squadron, 1st. Troop A. | United States. Army -- History -- Punitive expedition into Mexico, 1916. | Spence Brothers Construction Company -- Archives. | Construction industry -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources. | Industries -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History -- Sources.
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